● 05.21.09

●● Microsoft Kills Another Product a Year After Buying it

Posted in Free/Libre Software, Microsoft at 8:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Was TrueSpace bought just to be buried?

Microsoft has shut down many services, programs, and products over the past 6 months. Many of these were bought by Microsoft, whose track record shows a long history of acquisitions. As Microsoft's earnings have just sunk 32% and the future looks not-so-certain, Microsoft is now discontinuing TrueSpace, only a short time after promising it a place at Microsoft.

Microsoft took over Caligari TrueSpace earlier last year and later released the software as freeware. They have now decided to discontinue TrueSpace – the first services will be disabled by tomorrow. This is a truly sad day for their loyal user base.

To keep this wonderful project alive it might be worth turning it from freeware to Free/libre software (if that’s legally possible). █

“Usually Microsoft doesn’t develop products, we buy products.”

–Arno Edelmann, Microsoft’s European business security product manager

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